Comments on: Ad Supported iPhone Games Coming Soon

By: honglong1976

honglong1976 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:10:10 +0000

I don't want ads in games. Jirbo games suck anyway! Free they are too much!

By: David

David — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:52:08 +0000

Apple is already allowing ads in their apps. Take a look at the free version of Twitterific, for example.

By: Russ Bell

Russ Bell — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:20:19 +0000

Oh jeez. Ads are everywhere already. I don't want them in games.

And I doubt Apple would let them do it. Apple wants a cut of the profits from everything on the App store, and ads would be a way of getting around Apple's up-front cut.

By: Matt McCarty

Matt McCarty — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:25:25 +0000

I can't wait to open up an app and hear "Congratulations you won a free iPod Nano"

All kidding aside this is good news for iPhone/iPod Touch users. With ads in apps it will mean cheaper, if not free, applications for the device. Sure there will be ads in the free stuff, but they can always do like the icon factory and have a free and premium version, without ads..

By: Adisah

Adisah — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:18:00 +0000

I'm cool with that. People have to make money somehow. I hope people use this wisely and it doesn't spin out of control.

Such as ads largely skewing file size.
Ads popping up frequently throughtout the game.
Ads getting in the way of the experience and or making it so that it the app is unusable due to the apps. (ex. ad server is down so the game does not start)

Anyways, I hope they can handle it. Free or lower cost apps for everyone.

By: matthew David

matthew David — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:52:49 +0000

you can't blame then fir wanting to add ads to their games. If this means that the games stay free then I say go for it.